Ebook {Epub PDF} The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal

The City and the Pillar - A Novel A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal’s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience. Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best. The City and the Pillar. Gore Vidal. Much has been made—not least by the Saint himself—of how Augustine stole and ate some pears from a Milanese orchard. THE CITY AND THE PILLAR by Gore Vidal I always enjoy the surprise that comes when a novel fails to live up to its bad reputation. MINDFUL PLEASURES: THE CITY AND THE PILLAR by Gore Vidal With the publication of his daring thrid novel The City and the Pillar in , Gore Vidal shocked the American public, which has just begun to hail him as.

The City and the Pillar: A Novel. A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal's now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience. Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. Truman Capote and Mr. Gore Vidal to see how quickly and effectively this transforming, diluting, disintegrating machinery can work." He then characterized The City and the Pillar as a work of sexual confession, quite plainly autobiography at its most artless. Transformed, diluted, disintegrated as I was, I found this description flattering. The City and the Pillar Seven Early Stories (Hardcover) Published July 4th by Random House. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Gore Vidal. ISBN: (ISBN ).

The City and the Pillar. Gore Vidal. Much has been made—not least by the Saint himself—of how Augustine stole and ate some pears from a Milanese orchard. With the publication of his daring thrid novel The City and the Pillar in , Gore Vidal shocked the American public, which has just begun to hail him as their newest and brightest young writer. It remains not only an authentic and profoundly importatnt social document but also a serious exploration of the nature of idealistic love. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, The City and the Pillar remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men. Fiction LGBT Queer Classics. pages, Paperback. First published Janu.